• PEOPLE NAME: AGUNA OF BENIN

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PEID: 12296

ROP: 100127

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Yoruba

Language: Aguna - (aug)

Alternate Name(s): Awuna

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Benin

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Population: 9,500

Global Population: 9,500


PEID: 12296

ROP: 100127

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Aguna of Benin, numbering 9,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Yoruba people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Benin. Their primary language is Aguna. The primary religion practiced by the Aguna is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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